Imagine taking the smoky exhaust from a giant metal furnace and turning it into a clean liquid fuel. This system acts like a high-tech filter that catches carbon and mixes it with green hydrogen to create e-methanol. It is like turning industrial pollution into a valuable product that can power ships or trucks.
Metallurgical industries struggle with high carbon emissions and expensive energy costs. They need a way to capture CO2 and turn it into a profitable product without spending more energy than they save.
An integrated technology chain consisting of oxy-blown calcium-looping capture, purification, and a conversion unit to produce e-methanol from green hydrogen.
If you are an EAF operator dealing with high carbon emissions and energy costs — this project developed a calcium-looping capture system that reduces production costs by 25%. It turns waste gases into a sellable fuel source.
If you are a chemical producer dealing with expensive feedstock for methanol — this project developed a Power-to-Value system that reduces specific energy consumption by 25%. This allows for more competitive e-methanol production using green hydrogen.
If you are a SAF operator dealing with difficult-to-abate emissions — this project developed an integrated capture and conversion chain that moves from TRL5 to TRL7. It helps transition your plant toward a zero-emission circular process.
The project aims to achieve a 25% decrease in production costs for e-methanol.
The project is developing a first-of-a-kind TRL7 demonstrator and will evaluate the concept integration at two industrial sites.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, but the project involves 21 partners including 9 industry members.
It targets a projected overall CO2 reduction of 41 Mt/year by 2050 for EMPHATICAL plants.
The project period runs from 2024-11-01 to 2029-04-30, aiming to reach TRL7 by the end of the term.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward industrial application, with 9 industry partners (43% ratio) and 7 research organizations. With 21 partners across 11 countries, the project has strong cross-border industrial backing, including 2 SMEs, ensuring that the transition from TRL5 to TRL7 is grounded in commercial reality rather than just academic theory.
Contact TNO (Netherlands) for technical specifications on the calcium-looping capture system.
Contact SciTransfer to identify licensing opportunities for the TRL7 demonstrator.
